Wire container



Nov. 16, 1937. A. N. JOLEY 2,099,339

WIRE CONTAINER Filed June 20, 1956 Patented Nov. 16, 1937 WIRE CONTAINER Albert N. Joley, Springfield, Mass., assignor to The Diamond'Match Company, Wilmington, DeL, a corporation of Delaware Application June 20, 1936, Serial No. 86,298

Claims. (01. 242- 103) This invention relates to a wire container, having reference more especially to'a container for supporting a ring of coiled Wire in co-operative relation to a wire stitching machine; and it has- 5 for its object to provide a simple and reliable container of such character that the wire is progressively'uncoiled and delivered directly to the stitching machine without recourse to intervening wire straightening devices.

In the embodiment of my invention herein illustrated the wire container is adapted to be supported above and relatively near the wire guide of the stitcher, which container comprises a casing having an annular recess or chamber for the reception of a ring of coiled wire and a removable cover mounted on the outer wall of the annular chamber, the inner wall of the an nular chamber forming a barrier over which the wire is drawn through a circular space between the barrier and the cover as the wire passes to a central nipple remote from the edge of the barrier, thus presenting at all times an extended loop leading to and'overhanging the aperture, which loop obviates any liability of the snarling of the running wire as it is being uncoiled and withdrawn from the container.

The invention also comprises features of novelty which will be hereinafter described; the scope of the invention being defined in the appended claims.

In the annexed drawing- Figure 1 is a plan of a wire container embodying a preferred form of my invention, the cover 7 being removed to exposea contained coil of wire, and showing the loop formation of the Wire in its passage from the coil to the nipple in the bottom of the container.

Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section of the container, including the cover, as supported above and in co-operative relation to the wire guide of a stitching machine.

Referring to the drawing, A designates the wire guide of a wire stitching or stapling machine of any usual or approved construction, and B designates my improved Wire container which may be supported in any suitable manner directly above and near the machine, as, for example, by a bracket 3 and post 4. As herein-illustrated the container comprises a circular metal receptacle 5 having a fixed bottom 6 and a removable lid or cover 1, the bottom having a centrally disposed wire egress portion constituted in the present instance by a depending nipple 8 which is positioned in vertical alinement with the wire guide 9 of the stitcher, or

substantially so. Supported on the bottom 6 is an'upstanding cylindrical barrier member l0 which is co-axial with the nipple 8 and terminates short of the top of the receptacle, thus providing between such member and the wall of 5 the receptacle an annular chamber ll adapted to receive and support a ring of coiled wire l2, and also afiording between the upper edge of the barrier member and the lid or cover 7 a restricted circular passage I3 through which the 10 wire can be freely drawn from the coil and directed to and through the nipple; thence to the stitching machine. The upper edge of the barrier provides a circular support for the wire in its passage from the coil to and through the 15 egress portion, which support is of relatively large diameter when compared with the diameter of the egress portion. l

The Wire used for the formation of staples in a stitching machine is relatively hard and pos- 20 sesses considerable spring or elasticity, and therefore during the intermittent withdrawal of the wire from the contained coil to and through the nipple, such wire presents at all times an extended loop I 4 which overhangs the nipple and 25 passes substantially vertically thereto by virtue of the contact of the wire with the upper circular edge of the barrier member! or with the opposing surface of the cover, as clearly indicated in Fig. 2. 'This condition obtains during the entire wire unwinding operation, irrespective of the varying quantity of wire in the coil, thus ensuring the free running of the wire and obviating any liability of its snarling. Hence the wire is delivered from the coil to the stitcher in proper 35 condition for conversion into staples without recourse to extraneous wire straightening devices.

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the exemplifying construction herein disclosed, as the same may be modified within 40 e the fair spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

I claiml. A wire container comprising a receptacle having a fixed bottom provided with a centrally 45 disposed wire egress portion, an upstanding barrier member supported by said bottom and affording with the receptacle a chamber for the reception and retention of'a ring of coiled wire, the upper edge of said member providing a cir- 50 cular support for the wire in its passage from the coil to and through the egress portion, said support being of relatively large diameter when compared with the diameter of the egress portion.

2. A wire container comprising a receptacle 55 having a removable cover and a fixed bottom provided with a centrally disposed wire egress portion, a barrier member rising from said bottom and affording with the receptacle a chamber for the reception and retention of a ring of coiled wire, the upper edge of said member terminating short of the cover and providing a circular support for the wire in its passage from the coil to and through the egress portion, said support being of relatively large diameter when compared with the diameter of the egress portion.

3. A wire container comprising a receptacle having a fixed bottom provided with a centrally disposed wire egress portion, an upstanding cylindrical barrier member supported by said bottom and afiording with the receptacle a chamber for the reception and retention of a ring of coiled wire, the upper edge of said member providing a circular support for the wire in its passage from the coil to and through the egress portion, said support being of relatively large diameter'when compared with the diameter of the egress portion.

4. A wire container comprising a receptacle having a removable cover and a fixed bottom provided with a centrally disposed wire egress portion, a cylindrical barrier member rising from said bottom and affording with the receptacle a chamber for the reception and retention of a ring of coiled wire, the upper edge of said member terminating short of the cover and affording therewith a restricted circular passage for the wire running from the coil to the egress portion, said edge forming a wire support of relatively large diameter when compared with the diameter of the egress portion.

5. A wire container having a recess between outer and inner barriers for the reception of a ring of coiled wire, a cover on the outer barrier, an egress portion for the wire centrally located and of small diameter relative to the diameter of the inner barrier, there being a space between the edge of the inner barrier and the cover remote from the egress portion, whereby the wire can pass in a large loop from the coil to the egress portion over the inner barrier.

ALBERT N. JOLEY. 

